Management of the Depressed, Suicidal Child or Adolescent

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 999-1013

  Apter, Alan ^a   King, Robert A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33748104398     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2006.05.009     Document Type: Review

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